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Hi Loïc, so far, the action list has worked well. But now I've received a similar file where the action list isn't producing the expected result. https://magentacloud.de/s/K4HwQP6w4X2qFsD The only difference I can see is that the text has now been converted to outlines. Copying the hot-foil objects ...

Hi,

is it really necessary to flatten the layers and merge them together first?
Apparently, the goal is to move all spot color objects to separate layers based on their spot colors.
To do this, I would first delete everything that isn't a spot color, and then assign each spot color to its own layer:

Why did it only work when the "AND" was added 3 times. (it didn't work with 1 "AND" added) An 'and' combines only two selection criteria - namely, the two selections mentioned above. The second ‘and’ matches the third selection along with the other two, and the third 'and' inclu...

The test PDF was created specifically for this request. I will monitor our clients' future print files to determine which version of the actionlists is more suitable.

Hi Loïc, Thanks for your effort. Your solution works wonderfully. I've shortened it a bit; I left out the sections #PROCESSING DUMMY TEXTS and #PROCESSING ANY DUMMY entirely. Why are you using the “Change fill color to Dummy spot” action? I think the preceding “Remap spot color Hotfoil to Dummy” act...

I want to use an action list to outline masked objects with a rectangular spot color frame. The frame should align with the outermost, visible objects that have the spot color. It works correctly on page 1 of my Test.pdf file. However, it doesn’t work on pages 2 or 3, even when I specifically select...

... I’m wondering how others have solved it... Well, we do that right in Adobe Acrobat using a small JavaScript code. for (var i = this.numPages - 1; i > 0; i--) { this.insertPages(i - 1, this.path, this.numPages - 1, this.numPages - 1); } this.deletePages(this.numPages - 1); I don't have Switch, a...

Hi Loïc,

loicaigon wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2026 10:09 am ... should get this result by sorting by the last modified date column?...

No, the modification date is the date the action list was created. However, this does not change when the action list is executed.

Hi all, I noticed that the Action Lists window can now be displayed in multiple columns, and the Action Lists can be sorted by the column header, such as by date, name or author. What I don’t like about this is that the entries in the “Recent” section are now also sorted this way. It was always very...

I think the OP was originally looking for a solution using Switch. After more than 11 years, there might even be one now. @Olivia_Casper Why would anyone upload confidential PDF documents to some third-party cloud or online apps just to encrypt them? That seems very questionable to me. If you have P...

loicaigon wrote: ↑Wed Mar 11, 2026 5:07 pm ...When it "doesn't work", it's mostly because the Form is set as a transparency group...

Ahh, I was wondering why my action list sometimes doesn't work.
That's an important tip.
Thank you very much, Loïc

We already had something like this here in this post:

viewtopic.php?p=18727#p18727

Maybe that can help.

Hi, it often happens that certain special German characters such as umlauts (ä, ö, ü) in the names of spot colors are displayed with a hyphen in PitStop Inspector. Such spot color names cannot be renamed to a different spot color name using the ‘Remap spot color’ action. Nothing happens, without an ...

schmitzdp wrote: ↑Fri Jul 11, 2025 1:05 pm ...I would have preferred to use Pitstop...

As an alternative to a PitStop action list, you could do this directly with Acrobat's own Action Wizard tool and a custom Acrobat action. The screenshot shows how.

Hi Loïc,

'Split in subpaths' alone works fine. I hadn't tried that because I thought I had to select them beforehand with the ‘select subpaths’ action.
Then ‘Split in subpaths’ does not work.

Thank you very much, that's done for me.

Kind regards
yosimo